Description

PRESTON

SD5428NW AVENHAM COLONNADE
941-1/14/1 (West side)
27/09/79 Nos.1-6 (Consecutive)
(Formerly Listed as:
AVENHAM COLONNADE
Nos.1-6, 6A, B AND C (Consecutive))

GV II

Terrace of 6 town houses (No.4 now 2 flats). c.1830, altered
in later C19. Red brick in Flemish bond, with sandstone
dressings and slate roof. Double-depth split-level plan, each
house single-fronted. Two storeys over basements (3-storey
rear), each house of 2 bays; sandstone plinth, broad 1st floor
sillband, plain frieze, prominent moulded cornice with
blocking course. Doorways to the right, all round-headed and
set in broad banded sandstone architraves which have cornices
at the level of the 1st floor band, panelled jambs with
imposts, and doors set progressively lower (site sloping down
form Nos.1 to 6) so that fanlights lengthen from semicircular
to stilted (all without glazing bars); basement and ground
floor windows are all segmental-headed and have moulded
architraves, 1st floor windows have wedge lintels, and most of
these windows are sashed without glazing bars except No.2
which has top-hung casements imitating sashes. Chimneys on
front slope of roof; skylights to Nos.2, 3, and 6; small
dormers to Nos.4 and 5. Rear: Nos.2, 5, and 6 have added
canted bays (No.2 three-storeyed, others 2-storeyed); rear
wall of No.4 recently rebuilt; most windows with altered
glazing, but one 20-pane sash at basement of No.3.
INTERIOR: unusual split-level design with stone steps up to
raised rear ground-floor level and down to basement. History:
ground floor of front formerly protected by continuous
colonnade with flat roof.
(Hardwick C: History of the Borough of Preston and its
Environs: Preston: 1857-: P.436 (PICTURE); Myres JJ: Map of
the Town of Preston: Preston: 1836-).

Listing NGR: SD5401728872

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26569029

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